The Grendel Group (family Advocates)
Publicly funded institution · Smithers, British Columbia · BN 866665433RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($791,918) as filed with the CRA.
The Grendel Group (family Advocates) is a charitable organization based in Smithers, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $769K in revenue and $792K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $769K in 2024.
In its own words
Grendelgrow (gardening) grendelicious (food prep) grendelhome (staffed residence)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $769K | $792K | $792K | — | — | $670K |
| 2023 | $581K | $483K | — | — | — | $891K |
| 2022 | $522K | $262K | — | — | — | $771K |
| 2021 | $261K | $210K | $210K | — | — | $509K |
| 2020 | $226K | $194K | $194K | — | — | $450K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$578K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grendel Group (family Advocates)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866665433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.